The Super Curriculum
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The Super Curriculum Key Stage 3 The Super Curriculum Super curricular activities are those that take your regular curriculum further. They take the subjects you study in the classroom beyond that which your teacher has taught you or what you’ve done for home learning. For example, you may go into more depth on something you picked up in the classroom, or learn about a new topic altogether. These activities are normally in the form of extra reading but they can take many other forms, like watching videos online, downloading podcasts, attending lectures, visiting museums or entering academic competitions. Engaging in super curricular activities will help you develop a love for your favourite subject or subjects. In this booklet, there are a range of activities, suggested by your teachers. They are by no means exhaustive lists but should get you started. I would encourage you to share ideas and opportunities you come across with your teachers so that, over time, the recommended activities in this booklet can grow. In the future, employers or universities will be interested to hear about what super curricular activities you have engaged in; they will be interested in what you have learnt and impressed by your efforts. I wish you well in your pursuit of super curricular activities! Dr Caroline Creaby Deputy Headteacher: Curriculum Super Curriculum – Year 7, 8 & 9 Subject: COMPUTER SCIENCE Computational Fairy Tales Algorithms to Live By: The Where could Computer by Jeremy Kubica Computer Science of Human Science take you? Decisions A romp through the principles of Carry out some research to find computational thinking, A fascinating exploration of how out about some unusual careers illustrating high-level computer computer algorithms can be with the tech and Compute science concepts, the motivation applied to our everyday lives. Science industry. Digital behind them, and their locksmith? Drone operator? application. Professional hacker? Map of Computer BBC Click: Watch this Where it all started: Watch Science: A fantastic short video weekly BBC television the TedTalk on The birth of the summarising the field of programme covering news and computer. | George Dyson computer science. recent developments in the world https://www.youtube.com/watch? https://www.youtube.com/watch? of consumer technology and v=EF692dBzWAs&index=1&list= v=SzJ46YA_RaA innovations. PLF7032F8EB1A4F9E2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programme s/b006m9ry/episodes/player No more teachers – Write a The year 2100– Imagine Intelligent Machines – Write short essay debating the that it is the year 2100. What will a short essay debating the following question - Will computer the world be like? How will following question – Are assisted education replace the technology have changed? What computers more intelligent than need for teachers in the future? new inventions will have been the people who make them? created? Sketch a picture of a large city giving a perspective on what you think the world will be like in 2100. Animation18 – Using Computer Science Raspberry Pi – Why not get software of your choice, create a Fundamentals - A collection of yourself a credit card sized one-minute animation about interactive quizzes that will help computer? There are so many cybersecurity threats and staying you master computer science projects you can complete with safe online. You could enter your fundamentals. this tiny computer. Take a look creation into this competition - https://brilliant.org/courses/compu here for inspiration. https://brilliant.org/courses/compu ter-science-fundamentals/ https://raspberrypi.org/magpi- ter-science-fundamentals/ issues/Projects_Book_v1.pdf Create your own website - Python - Develop your Centre of Computing Use this Codeacademy tutorial to Python programming skills by History - Plan a visit to the develop your skills using HTML challenging yourself to complete Centre of Computing History and CSS to build you own as many tasks on Snakify as you Rene Court, Coldhams Road, website. can. https://snakify.org/ Cambridge, CB1 3EW https://www.codecademy.com/co http://www.computinghistory.org. urses/web-beginner-en- uk/ HZA3b/0/1 Reading task Writing task Listening task Watching task Research task Trip or visit Creative task Student-led task Super Curriculum – Year 7, 8 & 9 Subject: DANCE Research Fred Astaire Essential Guide to Dance The Dancing Times Research and write up your By Linda Ashley Read an article in the Dancing findings about the famous dancer Times http://www.dancing-times.co.uk/ Audition Article Review Audition for a county dance Interview one of the Sandpit crew Write a review about a company or Sandringham dance about putting on a production in performance you have been to companies. the theatre and write an article. see at the Sandpit Theatre to go in the Sandprint. Alban Arena A performance at Sadlers Musicals Watch a dance performance at Wells Theatre Visit London’s West End and the Alban Arena. Sadlers Wells is a theatre in watch a musical of your choice Angel, which hosts a variety of dance works from contemporary to hip-hop companies. Move It Dance Event Royal Opera House Pineapple Dance Studio Visit the U.K’s biggest dance Take a tour of the Royal Opera Visit Pineapple and take part in a dance class if you can. event: House http://www.moveitdance.co.uk/ Arts Award House Choreography/House Warm-up and Cool Down Take part in Bronze and Silver Arts Lead a warm-up or cool down in Arts Award. Assist your house in the two your dance class or dance club dance house events Reading task Writing task Listening task Watching task Research task Trip or visit Creative task Student-led task Super Curriculum – Year 7 Subject: DRAMA Write a monologue based on a Get together in a group and Watch a performance at The character you have encountered create a news show style Sandpit Theatre and spend 15 so far this term in your drama performance linking to a story in minutes talking to someone about lessons. Be as creative as you the news this month. How will it. What did you like? Which can. Don’t forget to use your you work together to show the actor/actress stood out? Why? English skills. key facts of this story? What star rating would you give the show? Use the website Create a ‘How To Act’ leaflet for http://www.dialectsarchive.com/ Answer the question: what does someone that has never done to research an accent. Can you studying drama give you that drama before. Write about work to master this accent? other subjects may not? GEMS, working in groups and Maybe you can think of a Reflect on your drama work so performing. performance that you could far and the skills you have incorporate it into. learnt/used. Create a comedy mime inspired Perform a scene from a musical Look on the digital theatre app on by the work of performer Charlie in a group or on your own. Which the Sandringham VLE and select Chaplin. Think of a scenario and musical will you choose? Are you a play to review. Write a theatre funny even that happens during brave enough to sing too? critic style review on the play, the mime and don’t forget to use acting, set and costume. GEMS as creatively as you can. Write a short script for a play Select a Roald Dhal story and Watch a film (not animated) and called ‘The Day It All Went perform a movie trailer for the film evaluate the performance of the Wrong’. version of this. You can work in lead actor or actress. Be critical, groups of 3-5. Use iMovie and honest and constructive. costume to enhance your performance. Reading task Writing task Listening task Watching task Research task Trip or visit Creative task Student-led task Super Curriculum – Year 8 Subject: DRAMA Write a monologue based on a Get together in a group and Watch a performance at The character you have encountered create a news show style Sandpit Theatre and send 15 so far this term in your drama performance linking to a story in minutes talking to someone about lessons. Be as creative as you the news this month. How will it. What did you like? Which can. Don’t forget to use your you work together to show the actor/actress stood out? Why? English skills. key facts of this story? What star rating would you give the show? Use the website Create a ‘How To Act’ leaflet for http://www.dialectsarchive.com/ Answer the question: what does someone that has never done to research an accent. Can you studying drama give you that drama before. Write about work to master this accent? other subjects may not? GEMS, working in groups and Maybe you can think of a Reflect on your drama work so performing. performance that you could far and the skills you have incorporate it into. learnt/used. Create a repeated patterns style Watch ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Perform a scene from Romeo movement sequence in a group directed by Baz Luhrmann and and Juliet that you have not of at least three. Take inspiration evaluate the performance of the already looked at in class. Which from the ones you worked on in actor, Leonardo DiCaprio. How scene will you chose? How can the scheme of learning at the believable is his acting? Why? you show the relationship start of the year. between the lovers? Write a scene that focuses on Perform a monologue as either The work of Shakespeare is not two lovers that cannot be Romeo or Juliet. Explain how you relevant to the youth of today’. together. This should be set in feel about not being able to be Discuss.